Jul 23 2008
Big Brother: What is the Point of the POV anyway?
Big Brother 10 is panning out to be no different than the last 9 seasons. I have really started to wonder- what is the point of the Power of Veto ceremony, anyway? It’s so predictable and quite frankly, it’s getting old.
If one of the nominees wins the Power of Veto, he or she will surely use it to take themselves off of the nomination block. This is a no brainer, with the exception of Marcellas Reynolds’ slipup in season 3, when he chose NOT to use the Veto on himself and was thus unceremoniously voted out of the house. Hands down the dumbest move on Big Brother ever, but people have learned from his mistake.
Ever since then, it’s a given that if a nominee wins the veto, he or she will definitely use it to save their self. And if someone else wins the Veto, they rarely use it- even to save a friend—for fear of angering the other houseguests. It’s getting to be a little boring sitting through the entire episode only to find that nothing will change.
This week Michelle did as predicted when she won the Veto, although the teasers made it look like she may use the veto to save Dan or Steven, so Jessie could put Libra up on the block. So the nominees stay the same. Either Dan or Steven will be golng home tonight.
That was the dumbest move ever, only rivaled by James on Survivor who didn’t use the immunity idol on himself (I think he had two!) and of course was voted off.